Reliability of the MPPT Control on the Energy Parameters of a Photovoltaic Generator

Abstract

This article describes a technique that allows a photovoltaic (PV) production unit to obtain the maximum power at all times. Here, we use the MPPT control via fuzzy logic on a DC/DC boost-type converter. In order to achieve our goals, we first proceeded to model a PV panel. The resulting model offers the possibility to better account for the influence of different physical quantities such as temperature, irradiation, series resistance, shunt resistance and diode saturation current. Thus, the maximum power to be provided by the PV system is acquired by fuzzification and defuzzification of the input and output variables of the converter. Subsequently, a virtual model of an 800 Watt PV prototype is implemented in the Matlab environment. The simulation results obtained and presented, show the feasibility and efficiency of the proposed technology. Indeed, for a disturbance caused by a variation in brightness, our system guarantees the maximum stable power after 1.4 s. While for a load variation, the maximum power is continuous.